Ukraine constantly asked its allies for long-range missiles, especially Taurus, which Berlin refused to provide. German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock is trying to convince Chancellor Olaf Scholz to reconsider his position, Der Spiegel reports, as quoted by The Kyiv Independent.

In a recent meeting, Burbock and British Foreign Secretary David Cameron discussed the possibility of a “circular exchange” for long-range missiles, a deal in which London would supply Ukraine with additional Storm Shadow missiles, in return for Germany replenishing Britain’s long-range stockpile. rockets

The delivery of cruise missiles such as the Taurus is “a line I do not want to cross as chancellor”. said Scholz on Wednesday, who explained the main argument for such a refusal.

Ukraine received other long-range missiles, such as the British Storm Shadow and the French SCALP.

Burbock’s plan

According to Der Spiegel, Baerbock is studying ways Germany could supply Ukraine with Taurus cruise missiles while following the chancellor’s “red lines.”

One of the options being considered involves the transfer of Taurus missiles by Germany to Great Britain, which will then send them to Ukraine. However, the British will retain control over the deployment and target selection for the missiles.

Germany’s lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, on Thursday rejected a proposal to supply Ukraine with long-range Taurus missiles for use against Russia in the more than two-year-old war.

Out of 687 deputies, 494 voted against handing over, 188 voted for, five abstained.

A coalition of allies of Ukraine will supply Kyiv with long-range missiles

Ukraine’s allies will form a coalition to supply Kiev with long-range artillery to defend against a Russian invasion and use proceeds from frozen Russian assets to buy weapons for Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday. Reuters and AFP.

As part of the Ramstein format, the contact group of Ukraine’s defense allies, “we are creating a new long-range artillery coalition,” the German leader said at a press conference alongside Emmanuel Macron and Donald Tusk.

“It is clear that we support Ukraine, and it is also clear that we ourselves are not at war with Russia,” Scholz said on Friday at a Berlin meeting of the so-called Weimar Triangle, which includes France, Germany and Poland.

“Our common goal is and remains to ensure that Ukraine can effectively defend itself against Russian invasion,” he added. “Our support will not diminish.”